Telegram-herald., 1887-10-23

- hak KhsrsfoFs God Hath Jeinsd Is-
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Rad lzt-Sf 1e lad l1st rses3Fea
fron. als eifs. / 6id -. Tie isltefsh0wed
that sAs was soman Of intsllgeaes and
culture. Sic aa.i sssa Aging IN oas sfaaii
foom. sud Lad managed - keep herself
rom actaal Starvation, out nn4iiy could
n0f pay be reaE an n0a shs Sss being
taro1n oas 81 her one little -oen by some
h1asaa nsn1 a1d must ~ 10 TIE po4F house
flr he ngal llms aflef tl-ee scOfr years @h4
leo of slflssis ana pain she as IA IA
xi1d s0fQ o. sag % hef ausaand. The looe
VI ths ester sss II broken hearted de-
SPAR.
Yst 10 xas 4 sogfl-g's rs6sl Her husband
had been dlscnafssd from Tue army for dls-
4bilily Incurred - ne lne VI duty, AID this
sas toe snd Of the SAL tra.sely Of over atty
years oi maffied iifs-as sep@fatsd irom BIS
eifs, utterly powerless % ali uer I'D sne,
a hesrtDr0ken wOnssn. gfiesiug herself 10
death IA the poor house.
And yet TIE Sgas Of Michigan thinks II
has done a magnificent thing IN caring Tor
lns man. % tie utter uesiscs Of woman.
- shamei where Is tay blusht
Ia this respect the Michigan Soldiers
Home - worse than q poor house, and
makes oCr poor hOsses w0rse tLan the pen
ilentiary As long IS this Home stands the
poor house siis not allow q solder TO Dc
seps there with or without hs wife; aud
the SOldiss Home has 10 place provided
tor ais wife % stay here with him, even
0.eF nikhE She cannot get even meal OF
Ficsusls here unless she viii submit 10 tue
insuaersole humiliation OF getting ticket
from the Adlutant and presenting it 10 To
guard. ust Il she had not Tic fAlEtest
shs os Of right hsrel
The veterans statement that she IS his
vie amounts 10 nothing. Not long since .
uetfig dressed E0man-a soldiers vile
soi l9S managed 70 get into t0e dining
room but she was not permitted To eat
unu4 her husband hunted up Msior Lone,
no easy task sometimes) ana got per-
mission from him Tor her 10 share a meal
with her husbandl
And this TOO in place known by
courtesy as the Soldiers Home"
No. long since the son Of one of the
veterans VINO is an inmate Of the hospital
and perfectly heipless-came with his vie
10 see ai1 father They were botn well
dressed and eminentiy respectable, Bat
weot away IA disgust refusing 10 go ia 10
t1s meal because they were Obliged TO @alt
anti x0t 4 ticket for them
Worse yet. am told b. veteran whom
can believe, rnst his wife came here late
one afternoon % see him. her husband. 1t
5sean to rain Just bsf,re dark, and yet sAe
zud aer husband yer, compelled 10 walk
10 the rain sni mud 20 the city because no
provision had been made here for even one
woman 20 stay over night Is not this a
Wretchsd oversight
Will you call q comrade q crank or "a
kicker" when be asks your sympathetic
attention TO these thInss? Can you wonder
that this IS not "a hola> TO men who have
suffered such indignities2 Did you intend
that such a state OF Affairs shOuld exiSt2
Yet IL - your own fault You taxpayers
have been 80 oikgardly in your appropris-
| tiOns SO blind as 10 tne real needs aud true
purpose Of this institution, that the very
| persons who are by all means the oest en-
/ tltied 20 your generous consideration and
should have been provided for irst are th us
| dsbarred frcm the privilege when love or
necessity causes them to seek temporary
shelter aud comfort UNDER this rOofi
some things, however are TO be said in
/ palistion of this. | ever found Colonel
/ Wells ready 10 give ear to any reasonable
request IN behalf of the veterans. Mrs.
Wels Vas exceedingly kind TO a soldier 5
/ wife or widow who cnarcsd 70 come here
/ FOR a ieE days shelter. Tor sie was woman
/ o. great soul and generous . mpashies.
| have never asked General Pierce for a favor
| tor sc ne SICK ana disabied veteran that vas
I not snied.
but oe is not omnipressut nor omnis-
I
| p-fs0ual knONlsdSe Of all that is being
done By men whom ne has clothed with
brief authority. and be cannot accomplish
i'm possio ollitiss. Ii the present acOmmoda-
/ tiC1s Of she Home viii not permit a sol
iiers wife 20 stay over night with him,
/ whose business is IL 70 remedy the trouble
bnt yours. You taxpayers, and you comrades
/ Of tns e. A. r. aud F. & a 81. who have
s5ess or inaaeacs2
We appeal % men Who have souls We
expect nothing from men who have 40
/ souis. We also appeal 70 you women
/ pogsrs behind the thr0ne--tO sgirste this
matter Of making SINE sort OF provision
| for the soldiers wife or riiOg. here OF else
Nhere. Has she 40 rights here that any
| bod - o0uni TO respect Was she utterly
/ forgotten when tbe institution was s1undedl
fou ladies' come here from YOUR CON-
forta0ie Homes where you are sheltered
from n 81 of the pitisss storms Of Ii 9 by a
husbands labor snd care and you lOOs
over ihis beautiful beiidinz and say TO us
why. I cannot zee how it i that you ar.
not perfectly contsntsd. aud even happy
Suppose. dear lsaies. your husband va,
here a eed-Fid.ien inva II, snd you were OF
tie verge Of starvation. and be knew il
would you expect atm 70 be happy2 Ans
suppose you could not even come here ans
srsV With hifa one night without great dis
I comfort would you EXPECT him 20 20 int
rhaps0dies of de. igbtf Tais = i1st scout q
rsasors5s and As credifsble - TIE hamsr
hesrt a. tae popular tdea that parents al,
husbands and ~ives. srs going to be hsp8l
/ tn heaven. having 5lll znow edge that tbei
children sad loved ones are wrlshlag Ia a.
en1es helN
There srs d0rhfisss some crssturss ir-th.
/ churches who esnld Be happy under slcl
circumstances. Gus h rill Be q stranr
hesFen thas Tiil contain them Thers a.
some crestures here no s91anisr she las
pifanCe thev Earn. whose wives are IN IN
aeepssi povsrlr aad whose children ara n
I rags sDd znsg seem 60 be hauny. but ther
srs ~ ra-n her@ thst srs hsppv unter 10
hsri .osd of shame an care. arising roo
- fsci thst their families srs separate
Fron them. sni sre saisrinz for The ueccss
ssrles ~ Hfe. Can yoa nos understsn'
tbs1
Tnsv ssy nothing. sr is seems useless 70
lhem o. SAY auvthiug. Same az them g.
/ sffsl8 e. s8T 49, thtnE but sm one @
those sho believe t8st it - n8s b af ~
IN gsia 60 spoesl e. go1 men and "a p
rha ssvs sau.s sud tnsf taste : not ih
slightest csuSs f3r fesr our pleading 10
ilIstce snf 8a uanttr
Respect n.l7 submitted
tHAELss T. t1IEscx